Jesus Set the Patter of Humility - AS A HUMAN, "HE HUMBLED HIMSELF"

"When [Jesus] found himself in fashion as a  man," wrote Paul, "he humbled himself and became obedient as far as death, yes, death on a torture stake." (Philippians 2:8)  From his childhood on, Jesus left us a patter of humility.  Although he was raised by imperfect human parents-Joseph and Mary-Jesus humbly "continued subject to them (Luke 2:51)  What a fine example that is for young ones, who will be blessed by God for their willing subjection to their parents!

As an adult, Jesus showed humility by giving priority to the doing of Jehovah's will, not his own.  (John 4:34)  During his ministry, Jesus Christ used God's personal name and helped sincere people to gain and accurate knowledge   of Jehovah's attributes and His purpose  for mankind.  Jesus also lived in harmony with what he taught about Jehovah. I the model prayer, for example, the first point Jesus mentioned was:  "Let thy heavenly Father, Jehovah be sanctified."(Matthew 6:9)  ( Note: This is not the full way they said this part of the prayer. I say this in the beginning of my prayers.  They don't mention Jehovah, just heavenly Father, I believe he deserves his name Jehovah be in there, it more respectful)  Jesus thus instructed his followers  to make the sanctification of Jehovah's name a matter of primary concern. He himself lived that way. Toward the end of his earthly ministry, Jesus could say in prayer to Jehovah:  "I have made your name known to them [the apostles]and will make it known." (John 17:26)  Moreover, throughout his ministry Jesus gave Jehovah the credit for what he accomplished on earth. -JOHN 5:19.

Regarding the Messiah, Zechariah prophetically wrote:  "Be very joyful. O daughter of Zion.  Shout in triumph, o daughter of Jerusalem. Look!  your king himself comes to you. He is righteous, yes, saved, humble, and riding upon an as, even upon a full  grown animal the son of a she-ass." (Zechariah 9:9) This was fulfilled when Jesus entered Jerusalem before the Passover in the year 33 C.E.  The crowd spread their outer garments as well as tree branch on the road. Indeed, the whole city was set in commotion at his entry. Even when he received public acclaim as King, Jesus was humble. - MATTHEW 21::4-11. 

Jesus Christ's course of humility and obedience on earth culminated in his death on a torture stake. He thus proved beyond a doubt that humans can remain loyal to Jehovah even when tested to the extreme. Jesus also showed that Satan was wrong in claiming that humans  serve Jehovah for selfish reasons.  (Job 1:9-11; 2:4)  Christ's record of perfect integrity also upheld the rightfulness and righteousness of Jehovah's universal sovereignty.  Jehovah certainly rejoiced when observing the unswerving loyalty of his humble Son. Read PROVERBS 27:11. 

By his death on a torture stake, Jesus also paid the ransom price for mankind. (Matthew 20:28)  This provided an opportunity  for sinful humans to live forever, and it satisfied the demands of righteousness."  Through on act of justification the result to men of all sorts is a declaring of them righteous for life." wrote Paul (Romans 5:18) Jesus' death opened up  the prospect of immortal life in heaven for spirit-anointed Christians and  everlasting life on earth for the "other sheep." -  JOHN 10:16; ROMANS 8:16, 17.

Next time: Jesus Set the Pattern for Humility - I AM "LOWLY IN HEART"

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